I blame John Westworth for this... Your results: You are The Flash Fast, athletic and flirtatious. The Flash 75% Iron Man 60% Spider-Man 45% Batman 45% Green Lantern 45% Superman 40% Wonder Woman 40% Hulk 40% Supergirl 35% Robin 35% Catwoman 10% Click...

I was reading Hugh’s post and the comments around whether open source software meets shareholder and CEO needs, I love the cartoon that goes with it. George Ou has some interesting stats in this area too. It’s a serious debate and as well as shareholders...

Good to see that the Visio 2010 Add-in for System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 R2 is now available.  The Visio Add-in lets you create diagrams that show objects by geography on a map, by location in a data center or building, by role in...

Right then, Monday morning and my season's kicked off, so time to head back over to the football/soccer analogies...well, if tactics equate to marketing campaigns that is!!! Find below a list of the market campaigns that the Demo Showcase aligns to when...

How fantastic, this is a must see! A Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application that provides developers with resources for programs, servers, services, and tools that work with the Microsoft Office System. It guides the user through drill down...

I had the pleasure of meeting Hugh MacLeod last week... I also had the nerve to ask for a mini picture for posterity :) Now, my scanner can't really do it justice but, what with the Blue Monster making an appearance at the Web 2.0 expo this week, I thought...

A novel new update from Sun... Free OpenOffice with every Java RunTime update... Before you’re tempted to install this, maybe consider the following... Read this for a business perspective which can help understand the “productivity software” claims,...

Some great, free SBS2008 webcasts coming soon, a series of 8!   WES02PAL:  Windows SBS 2008 Core Technical Training, Part 1 of 8: Introduction Presented by David Fabritius, Nicholas King and Michael Toot Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:00-11:00am...

If you only do one other thing today, sign this petition and help safeguard the future of OpenXML. Many readers of this blog may be aware that Microsoft called for the standardisation of Open XML via ECMA International and this was approved as open standard...

You absolutely completely and utterly have to!!! So, to create your own persona that could be ready to appear in The Simpsons head to http://simpsonizeme.com/ For my own personal enjoyment, this is me, outside the Kwik-E-Mart..! Ciao for Now :)

The moment I wake up, before I turn on my laptop, I make a little call or two... And, chances are I will get through to someone's voicemail...at this point, I have a few options: Leave a voicemail (which I don't know when they will get) Send...

If, as a Microsoft Partner, you are currently building a solution that uses Open XML, then we want to make sure that everyone knows about it, worldwide! Several United Kingdom based Microsoft Gold Certified Partners have already taken the opportunity...

From Scuderia to Store, Community to News, there’s a whole host of droolable content over on the new Ferrari website, built on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. Head on over to http://www.ferrari.com and enjoy! I guess I could crack some pun about SharePoint...

If you are having trouble transitioning to the ribbon interface in Office 2010, have no fear, the interactive guides are here . One of the biggest pieces of feedback when moving to the new ribbon style interface in Office 2010 from previous versions ...

Now I know what you're thinking... How on earth is it possible to relate Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system to brown sauce and peas? I urge you dear reader to bear with me on this one... I was out for dinner (again) recently with a couple...

I was listening to The Stone Roses the other night, they were a four piece band that originated from Madchester in the mid eighties. The vocals were sung by lan Brown and occasionally guitarist John Squire. Completing the quintet were Pete Garner on bass...

If you are curious about how you get from here... ...to here... ...in Microsoft Office Excel 2007, take a look here: Microsoft Office Excel 2007 BI Demo There's no audio, it's all rather self explanatory but it may take a moment to load, so please be...

The Microsoft Partner Demo Showcase download has been extended to include Deep Dive/Product virtual environments which are available to ALL Microsoft partners, including SBSC. Only Demo Showcase remains as the Gold/Cert benefit moving forwards... The...

It's really been one of those weeks...so much to do...so little time to blog...so much mess to clear up. That's right, mess to clear up...and what a mess it was too. In order to help you understand just what it's like to work for a People Ready Business...

Did you know that as a home user or a small business with up to ten PCs, free antivirus is available from Microsoft to help protect your Windows investment? Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection that guards against viruses, spyware...

I have a machine which I need to dual boot Windows Vista. I need to run a connection to my corporate network but I also like to have a separate partition to enable me to demonstrate Windows Vista without using my corporate connection. So, in order to...

The Demo Showcase 2007 edition is now available for download to all Microsoft Gold and Certified partners. It's also possible to order the two disc DVD set from the partner portal here . Technologies included in the Demo Showcase 2007 scenarios are: Business...

A very interesting article into OpenOffice.org macro virus's. May also help promote understanding around the value of the .docm file format. Proof-of-concept virus gives insight into OpenOffice.org security failings

Well, I posted the box shots, so here's the actual goods... Basically, what you get when you pop them there DVD's into your machine is a nice little index... This is where you could, if you so wished, look to sort out a list of technology demos... Or...

Hopefully, you are all aware of the Demo Showcase team line up - if not, you can review my earlier post here :) Given that the new season is about to get underway, the people from that fine organisation Contoso got together to have their photo taken,...